Let’s just get right out and say it – you know it, Kevin knows it, heck even my kids know it! I like to knit socks. I love to knit socks. They are my favorite project among all crafts and my comfort knit. When I found out that my sister-in-law and brother are having a baby – well, Aunt Cortney settled on socks without much fuss.

To be honest, Kevin helped me pare things down to just socks with the calm reassurance that I could craft for this kid for the rest of my life. Also he’s being born in July so probably won’t need too many teeny sweaters right off the bat.

Once I settled on socks, I hemmed and hawed for quite a while about yarn, pattern, how many pairs – when the ever helpful Kevin suggested something else – what about a box of socks? A fine idea that, and suddenly I was off and running. I dug through my scraps and stash to put together some ideas when I realized that I had leftovers from socks I’ve knit over the years! I mostly used scraps from socks made for my brother with a few others thrown in.

Here they all are in their precious little glory (specifics like counts and amount of yarn used is all detailed on my Ravelry page):

These little cuties were my first pair! I used leftovers from some socks I knit Mom, this is Stress Knits Yarns Mountain Mama, and this is the Perfect Newborn Socks by Tabitha Gandee, ribbed version.

One of the very first pairs of socks I knit was for Joshua in this yarn and pattern. It’s the Hermione’s Everyday Socks by Erica Lueder and XrayAnn yarn in Butternut Squash – sized down to fit tiny feet.

Up next are some leftovers from socks I knit for this little guy’s dad, my little brother Noah. This is Patons Kroy Cadet Colors using the stitch pattern from Blueberry Waffle Socks by Sandy Turner.

I decided to make a variety of sizes so nephew can grow into them over the next 6 months. This is the Perfect Newborn Socks again, I just used a larger needle to make them a bit bigger. This is also new dad leftovers – Patons Kroy Grey Brown Stripe.

Oh I just can’t with these! This is the Perfect Newborn Socks, this time in the cabled version. The yarn is leftover from Mom’s and my advent socks from a couple of years ago – it’s Woolberry Fiber Co. MCN in Snow Kissed Mountains. I just want to say this kid has cashmere cabled socks before even I do.

Next is the Beekeeper Socks by Jenn Emerson – a pattern I’ve wanted to knit for myself for a long time, so I decided to try out a bite size version. I used leftovers from one of my favorite pairs – Stress Knits Yarn in Sunflower.

These make me chuckle, I think the ribbing and cables on the others make them pull in and look a bit more “normal” while these just highlight how little and chubby baby feet are! This is Rye Light by tincanknits in some leftovers from a pretty old pair of my socks, Marigoldjen Yarns in Lazy Days.

These look a little funky because I didn’t quite have enough of the leftovers so I ordered more of the colorway, thinking I’d knit myself a pair since the original pair was for Noah. I’m not sure what happened – if they changed the colorway completely of if there is just that much variation. I figured that nephew won’t mind too much, so I just used every scrap of the original and finished off with the lighter new yarn. Perfect Newborn Socks again in Patons Kroy Clover Colors.

Another funny looking pair, I essentially just omitted the ribbing from the foot. The yarn here is leftover from Noah’s birthday socks from this year – Patons Kroy Grey Marl.

And finally, I had some leftover’s from the sweet boy’s mama’s socks from a few years ago. This is West Yorkshire Spinners in Wood Pigeon. I love how those little stripes came out!

And so there you have it! A wee sock starter pack for my nephew! I really love the fact that someone in the family has had a pair that matches each one of these.

My auntie wish is that these will keep his little feet wrapped in warmth and love.

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Happy making!